Philippe C. Martin wrote:
A U3 device (www.u3.com) is a flash drive which allows for applications
installation: you plug the U3 device in the USB port and your
application is available. If the application does its job correctly,
application data is stored on the U3 device, not on the PC.
This thing sounds a lot like a BlackDog
http://www.projectblackdog.com/product.html
Which can give you a whole (slow) linux system, available to poke at your host
windows system.
What makes it different?
Some of the issues I have been facing in the smart card business are:
1) some application data cannot be written in the card because of space
(and some of the data does not need high security)
2) potential customers are often worried about software deployment -
that is especially true for my applications as Python and wxWidget are
not part of regular OS distributions (yes, Python is for Linux)
3) because of 1) the smart card application (card + software) is less
mobile as the less vital data is stored on the PC (maybe encrypted with
the card, but still stuck on the PC)
4) setting up smart card demos at a client site/business branches can be
very painfull, and salespeople are somewhat reluctant to hack PCs
(another painfull lesson)
I just feel that there are applications where a combinaison of a smart
card and a U3 device (they call them smart drives) would greatly improve
deployment/mobility issues.
Putting my solutions aside, I feel a MUSCLE application on a U3 device
can make a lot of sense.
U3 drives can be found already in large stores in the US (and I live in
OK! - I do not know about other countries but I was told about U3 by a
smart card professional based in France).
I hope that is clearer - I often get excited about technology and
sometimes think I have found a great solution were people see no
business value whatsoever :-)
Regards,
Philippe
Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
On 28/11/05, Philippe C. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Hello,
I am very happy to announce the release of SCU3 V 0.1 and
SCU3Python.u3p V. 0.1.
SCU3 is a python wrapper for U3 compliant devices
What is a "U3 compliant devices"? Is it the devices described at [1]?
What are the links with smart cards, PC/SC, etc.?
Bye,
[1] http://www.u3.com/
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